▲ 1745 ▼ Hollywood Shuts Down After 160,000 Actors Walk Off the Set (youtu.be) submitted 3 years ago by Lenins2ndCat@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 428 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] 33KK@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Nothing? 💀 Show me a single billionaire that got rich by playing fair permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Define "playing fair" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 33KK@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Anticonsumer, anticompetitive practices, corruption and lobbying in their own interest, propaganda, tax evasion... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) I lobbied in my own interest not 15 minutes ago, as part of Citizens Climate Lobby. Just got off a zoom meeting with my rep. Lobbying is not inherently bad. Can you prove tax evasion? That's a serious crime. Also, shameless plug - consider joining your local chapter of CCL! Took me 5 minutes to sign up and all meetings have been via zoom. https://citizensclimatelobby.org/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 33KK@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 years ago Yes, I didn't mean that lobbying in general is bad, I mean lobbying against the interest of the public. It's commonly done by basically any big corporation + propaganda to gaslight people into believing that its in their benefit ( an example i have on hand: https://web.archive.org/web/20201102203132/https://safeandsecuredata.org/get-the-facts/ ) By tax evasion I mean in general doing anything to not have to pay tax, lobbying against rich people tax, keeping your assets as loans, etc. I'll look into the shameless plug permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SCB@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Define "playing fair" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 33KK@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Anticonsumer, anticompetitive practices, corruption and lobbying in their own interest, propaganda, tax evasion... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) I lobbied in my own interest not 15 minutes ago, as part of Citizens Climate Lobby. Just got off a zoom meeting with my rep. Lobbying is not inherently bad. Can you prove tax evasion? That's a serious crime. Also, shameless plug - consider joining your local chapter of CCL! Took me 5 minutes to sign up and all meetings have been via zoom. https://citizensclimatelobby.org/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 33KK@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 years ago Yes, I didn't mean that lobbying in general is bad, I mean lobbying against the interest of the public. It's commonly done by basically any big corporation + propaganda to gaslight people into believing that its in their benefit ( an example i have on hand: https://web.archive.org/web/20201102203132/https://safeandsecuredata.org/get-the-facts/ ) By tax evasion I mean in general doing anything to not have to pay tax, lobbying against rich people tax, keeping your assets as loans, etc. I'll look into the shameless plug permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 33KK@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Anticonsumer, anticompetitive practices, corruption and lobbying in their own interest, propaganda, tax evasion... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) I lobbied in my own interest not 15 minutes ago, as part of Citizens Climate Lobby. Just got off a zoom meeting with my rep. Lobbying is not inherently bad. Can you prove tax evasion? That's a serious crime. Also, shameless plug - consider joining your local chapter of CCL! Took me 5 minutes to sign up and all meetings have been via zoom. https://citizensclimatelobby.org/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 33KK@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 years ago Yes, I didn't mean that lobbying in general is bad, I mean lobbying against the interest of the public. It's commonly done by basically any big corporation + propaganda to gaslight people into believing that its in their benefit ( an example i have on hand: https://web.archive.org/web/20201102203132/https://safeandsecuredata.org/get-the-facts/ ) By tax evasion I mean in general doing anything to not have to pay tax, lobbying against rich people tax, keeping your assets as loans, etc. I'll look into the shameless plug permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SCB@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) I lobbied in my own interest not 15 minutes ago, as part of Citizens Climate Lobby. Just got off a zoom meeting with my rep. Lobbying is not inherently bad. Can you prove tax evasion? That's a serious crime. Also, shameless plug - consider joining your local chapter of CCL! Took me 5 minutes to sign up and all meetings have been via zoom. https://citizensclimatelobby.org/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 33KK@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 years ago Yes, I didn't mean that lobbying in general is bad, I mean lobbying against the interest of the public. It's commonly done by basically any big corporation + propaganda to gaslight people into believing that its in their benefit ( an example i have on hand: https://web.archive.org/web/20201102203132/https://safeandsecuredata.org/get-the-facts/ ) By tax evasion I mean in general doing anything to not have to pay tax, lobbying against rich people tax, keeping your assets as loans, etc. I'll look into the shameless plug permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 33KK@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 years ago Yes, I didn't mean that lobbying in general is bad, I mean lobbying against the interest of the public. It's commonly done by basically any big corporation + propaganda to gaslight people into believing that its in their benefit ( an example i have on hand: https://web.archive.org/web/20201102203132/https://safeandsecuredata.org/get-the-facts/ ) By tax evasion I mean in general doing anything to not have to pay tax, lobbying against rich people tax, keeping your assets as loans, etc. I'll look into the shameless plug permalink fedilink source parent